Tuesday, September 30, 2008

8 Things you can do on firefox

Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do - Solutions by PC Magazine

8 little tricks that might make your Firefox browsing easier.

Chili sauce kills apsiring chef

Cyber war scare ads

The First Country in Cyber War is “Arming” its Computer Users

I think this is almost the equivalent of the color code system we got..but in ad form..

Facebook Iphone app upgraded

Facebook delivers version 2.0 of its iPhone app | The Web Services Report - CNET News

Keep in mind this app works on the touch to..I should know I have it...on that note have you ever noticed that no one ever mentions if an app works on the touch as well..all they ever mention is the iPhone.

Knight Rider GPS

Knight Rider GPS by Mio - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine

Do i honestly need to say anything else..if I ever actually traveled more than one state away..this would be my new GPS.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Twitter goes political

Politics Never Smelled So Tweet - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

This makes me think what other sorts of filters they could place on twitter for interests. I has potential if this one works.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Suicide stoped on Seesmic

When somebody announces to stream his suicide on Seesmic

Im not kidding..you have got to read this story..sometimes I worry about the world..that's when I start to pray..hard.

EA responds to DRM gripes

EA threatens to cancel Spore accounts News // PC /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More

I think they should have done it a long time ago. I never like DRM but at the same time it does serve some good purposes such as games. I can understand sharing music but I think if a person wants a game they should have to buy it..its as simple as that.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

HLC delayed by technical problems

Problems Stall Action for Collider - NYTimes.com

Well the world hasn't ended..but then again we haven't found out anything due to teeny little problems...

Friday, September 19, 2008

Windows releases new image ads

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows: Life Without Walls

I laughed out loud when i saw how creative these were..i think everyone is going to be satisfied with this..plus apparently the Seinfeld ads are not dead..I hope that this is true but of course until i see a new one I wont be completely satisfied.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

New microsoft ad bites back

YouTube - New Microsoft ad I'm PC - Not Alone

Well this is what all the media was crying for..still upset that Seinfeld has gone poof but at least all the tech journalists will stop complaining now...was starting to make me get tired of Leo(shudders)

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Text message could have caused train wreck

Los Angeles commuter train crash: Driver 'distracted by text message' - Telegraph

I honestly hope this isn't true..if it is I may never ride a train.

Symbols for twitter messages

TwitterKeys: Enhance your Twitter conversations

Anyone that uses twitter but wishes for something similar to emoticons should check out this post that provides a link for a easy setup to copy and paste use of these symbols.


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Social networks take porns place

Porn passed over as Web users become social: author | Technology | Reuters

Its about time that the main thing on the web wasn't porn anymore..its just slightly sad that social networks were the thing to do it.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Google privacy takes less time.

Google pledges 9 month anonymity on data | News | TechRadar UK

A lot of pepole are relived but i think if your worried about what they have on you then maybe you shouldn't't use them to search for stuff that would embarrass you.


Friday, September 5, 2008

The first microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld.



Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld - Shoe Circus Commercial

I loved it and got the message..but some might find it stupid.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Huge Vaio recall.

BREAKING: Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops | The Toybox | ZDNet.com

Just in case anyone has a Vaio I figured I would help warn you.

A good story involveing GTA.

Preteen girl helps family escape crashed vehicle - My Web Times

I had to post this one seeing as I don't agree with the "violent games make violent kids" theory. If a parent teaches the kid what they need to then they know not to go shooting up a neighborhood and not to steal a car.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Iphone in england has pictures on it before its shipped...oops

iPhone girl scared by attention - vnunet.com

This is a simple case of making a slight mistake by having some fun at work. She does look kinda cute though..its not like these pictures are malicious..in fact shes flashing the peace sign in them. The pictures can be found here.

Spam without bots..for CAPTCHAs at least...

Inside India’s CAPTCHA solving economy | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

This is ingenious. Charging to solve CAPTCHAs for spammers or other members of the like that want to gain more accounts but don't want to spend the time proving they aren't doing what they are doing.

Mac vs Clone Mac

Psystar: Apple Illegally 'Destroys' Competition, Bricks Mac Clones -- InformationWeek

This case could open up Mac OS to go on any computer..mind you ill still use windows but still..interesting case.

How much bandwidth did i use?

TechBlog: Comcast's moral obligation: If you cap it, help us count it

This is an idea I think should have come up a long time ago. Sometimes its hard to keep up the amount of megabits I use so something like this is a good idea.